Never want to forget.....

Quote:

Samantha: "Mom, me and Lizzie are going to try and raise money, so we are gonna rake leaves for money"
McKain: "Who would buy raked leaves?"
Me: "hahahahahahahahahahahahaha"
McKain: "I'm just kidding Stanta...I will buy your raked leaves"
Me: "hahaahahahahahahahahaha"

Okay, so may things I could blog about tonight...

I will start off by telling a short story about something I witnessed last night that I NEVER want to forget and that I am SURE I will come back and read 1 million times!!!!

Last night, right before bed, McKain started yelling with a leg ache.  (You know, those infamous leg cramps we all got as children, that our parents said were growing pains...)  While I am sure it was painful, because I remember how much they were, I am just as sure it was not hurting as bad as he was screaming.  Well, he had already planned to sleep in a pallet in Samantha and Parker Wayne's floor. (he wanted to watch the Bible video DVD she was watching and we only have one...plus, they love to sleep in pallets in the floor).  He already had his blankets and pillows laid out (btw he used EVERY single blanket I have, they are still there now because I didn't feel like folding them all today) so I told him to go lay down.  About 10 minutes later, I noticed that Samantha had been working like a busy bee.  I kept seeing her go by me as I was sitting on the couch working.  The last time she went by with a bottle of water,  I asked her, "Samantha, what exactly are you doing?  You are supposed to be in bed".  She responded, "Mommy, I am taking care of McKain, I am his nurse."  Of course, all of you  who know these two children, knows how bizare this sounds....Samantha, taking care of McKain.  It would not have been so hard to understand if the names were reversed...but this was something I had to see.

I walked into the room and this is what I saw....
McKain, laying on his 'mound of blankets', with a wet rag on his head, a cup of water and a bottle of water beside him (two for when one ran out), his hurting leg wrapped tightly in Samantha's favorite pink blanket, our infamous teddy bear ice packet tucked snugly between his legs, his favorite puppy tucked in tightly on his right, and what to my surprise was on his left.....HIS SISTER!!!!!! She had made her bed next to him, so she could sleep next to him in case he needed anything, she could get it!!!!!!  I could not believe my eyes.  This was a modern day miracle.  For those of you who do not believe God is still performing miracles, HE is!!  I just had to blog about this moment in time...not only for me, but for them.  I know they will be asking me to tell this story for years to come.

In other news, MY BABY WILL BE ONE AT 6:55AM!!!! Oh Lord, were did the time go?? How did we get here so fast??  And what a joy!  God has truly blessed our family with this little boy!  He just loves everyone and everything.  He is never sad or upset for no reason.  The only time you hear him protest is if he has gotten too hungry or you put him in his bed.  Other than that, he is just happy to be here.
Things he likes:
For you to say "yayayayay"
Cheerios
Any kind of fruit
Samantha and McKain (it melts my heart the way his whole demeanor changes when he sees them)
To find the smallest thing on the ground he can, make sure you see that he has it, then to run from you laughing (or crawl)
McKain's room...it is his MOST favorite
Toilet water (i know, i know)
Bath time
The theme song to Hannah Montana (wherever he is, when this song comes on the TV, he will crawl to it, pull up, and dance his booty off...cutest thing ever)
Singing and Dancing with mommy, brother and sister
Sleeping with mommy and daddy (although this is something we are unsuccessfully trying to stop)
Remote controls and cell phones

Things he doesnt like:
For McKain and Sammy to wrestle
For me and Sammy to hug
Green Pees...that's my boy :)
Long good-bye's (when we drop him off, we just have to say bye and leave, no lingering)
Being in a room by himself....he will protest that loudly
Being in his car seat when he is not tired

What amazes me is what he is aware of at 1...He will put my cell phone on his hear and say "hey", well, his version anyway...He can point to the light when you say "where's the light"....He can give you "love" when directed too....He can point to a tree (which he LOVES by the way...wonder if that has any significance?)....He knows a baby in a picture....He definitely know "no" and actually slaps himself or me when I tell him "no".....He can hold up one finger when asked "are you one?".....He DEFINITELY knows what "night night" means and where that takes place!!.....the list goes on

I am so thankful for all three of my children for so many different reasons!  God has TRULY blessed Sammy and I beyond words.  My prayer for our children and our family is that God will bind us together and use us as a might weapon in HIS army!!! We just want to do it HIS way...(see how I tied that in again... :))))

And lastly....
I was told by my dad yesterday, that his dad, my granddaddy, possibly had lung cancer.  While the fact that my granddaddy is possibly very sick makes me so sad, the fact that MY daddy, through a shaky voice, said to me on the phone, "I am not ready to lose my best friend, he is the best friend I've ever had"  BREAKS my heart!!! Because I know EXACTLY how he feels!!!! I was so proud of my dad though for what he said after that, and that was "God knows what he is doing, and if it is His time to take granddaddy, then I will be ready, because He will give me exactly what I need to get through it".... However, it aint over yet....and God is STILL in the business of performing miracles...when Granddaddy goes in for his test Tuesday, they can say "what mast?  we don't see anything?"  And even if they do....It still isn't over because God can still heal him!! I am believing God for His healing and that no matter what happens....HE will get us through this!

Faith of a child, that's what we need.  Mine and Samantha's conversation about granddaddy...

Samantha: "Mommy, why are you crying?"
Me: "They think granddaddy may have lung cancer, he may be really sick"
Samantha: "Is that what Daddy and Hope's Pawpaw died of?"
Me: "Yes, yes it is"
Samantha: "Well mommy, dont cry, if granddaddy dies, he will be in Heaven with Nannie and he will be so happy!!"
Me:  (crying harder now)"Samantha, how did you get to be so smart?"
Samantha: "Duh, from daddy!!"

Good night!!